Match box



3. MARTINEZ MATCH BOX Filed Feb. 19, 1924 WITNESS E5 AWORNE?.

Patented Oct. 7, 1924. -I

l ,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GABRIEL MARTINEZ, OF GRANADA, NICARAGUA.

MATCH BOX.

Application led February 19, 1924. SerialNo. 693,877.

To all whom it may concern: piece is provided with the flaps 3 for en- Be it known that I, GABRIEL MARTINEZ, gaging the side pieces 4 yand` with a small 45 a citizen of the Republic of Nicaragua, reflap 5 forengaging the bottom 6. This end siding at Granada, Rep. de Nicaragua, C. piece is provided with an opening 7 so that 5 A., have inventednew and useful Improvea finger can be passed through the same to ments in Match Boxes, of which the folpush the drawer part partly out of the cover lowing is .a specification. part. This hole is adapted to. be covered 50 This invention relates to improvements with a strip 8 of cloth or the like. A stop in match boxes and the like, the general ob- 9 is placed in the top 2 and acts to limit the 10 ject of the invention being to so form the amount of movement of the drawer part cover part of the box that the drawer part though this stop is so formed that the can only be projected from one end theredrawer part can be readily pushed into the 55 ofwith means for permitting the drawer cover part. A projection 10 is also formed part to be pushed upon from the closed end on the top 2 and serves as a means for inof the box in order to project the same. dicating when the box is in the correct po- Another object of the invention is to prosition for opening, thus preventing the box vide means for indicating when the box 'is from being opened while it is upside down 60 in upright position so as to prevent spilling which might happen at night or in the Vof the matches if the box is opened in the dai-k and thus spill the matches. dark. It is thought from the foregoing descrip- This invention also consists in .certain tion lthat the advantages and novel features other features of construction and in the of my invention will be readily apparent. 65 combination and arrangement of the several I desire it to be understood that I may arts, to be hereinafter fully described, ilmake changes in the construction and inv iustrated in the accompanying drawings and the combination and arrangement of the specifically pointed out in the 'appended several parts, provided that such changes claims. fall Within the scope of the appended claims. 70

In describing my 'invention in detail, ref- What I claim is 1 erence will be had to the accompanying 1. A box of the class described compris drawings wherein like characters denote ing a cover part and a drawer part, one end like or corresponding parts4 throughout the of the cover par-t being closed and a strip several views, and in which of flexible mate-rial forming part of the clos- 75- Figure 1 is a view of the box with the ing means. drawer in partly open position. 2. A box of the .class described comprising Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figa cover part and a drawer part, the cover ure 1. part being formed with a flap for closing Figure 3 is a view of the blank from one end of the same, said Hap vhaving an 80 which the cover part of the box is formed. opening therein and a strip ofy flexible ma- In these views, A indicates the cover part terial placed over the opening. and B the drawer part of a match box. The In testimony whereof I afiix my signapart B is made `as usual but the part A has ture.

one end closed by the end piece 1 which is formed with the top part 2. This end GABRIEL MARTINEZ. 

